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<i>I'm Leigh Rice, leader of discipleship
ministries for the South Pacific.</i>

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I'm in Port Moresby today
and excited to be with Pastor Kove Tau,

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leader of the church in this city
of 800 thousand people.

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Discovery Bible reading is at the heart
of our disciple-making process.

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Members invite family, friends,
work colleagues, fellow students

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to come together to read the Bible.

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We asked Brother Peter to come
and do some training for us.

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<i>Peter has taught us
the method of Jesus which is simple,</i>

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<i>anybody can do it, it's reproducible,</i>

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at no cost.

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We decided to restructure the way
we do the ministry of our churches.

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We follow the model in the Book of Acts,

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how the new testament church grew.

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<i>We turned our Sabbath school classes</i>

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<i>into discovery Bible reading groups.</i>

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<i>We've restructured
our church Sabbath school classes</i>

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according to the place
where the members are living.

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<i>We bring the church to their houses
and their houses become churches.</i>

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<i>My name is Nathan.</i>

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<i>I got excited seeing the method</i>

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<i>in which we can share God's word.</i>

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<i>I heard of that idea and decided</i>

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<i>that I had to bring that idea to my home.</i>

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Now, this is where we meet every Sabbath.

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When we started this discovery Bible,
reading with my family and neighbors,

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<i>it really had a big impact
on our spiritual life.</i>

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My family and my kids,
all three teenagers,

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<i>were able to discuss
the Bible for themselves</i>

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<i>and we were having fun with it.</i>

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Starting with the gospel
of Mark, read one story at a time,

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commencing with a prayer obviously.

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<i>A second person reads it</i>

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<i>and then one person in the group
retells the story in their own words.</i>

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The process is built
around five simple questions.

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What is new?

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What surprises you?

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What don't you understand?

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What will you obey or apply to your life?

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And what will you share
with someone else this week?

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After discussion, we pray,

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"Father thank you for being with us.

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<i>Please help us
as we follow Jesus this week."</i>

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<i>I work for [ALAS] construction company</i>

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<i>as a building supervisor.</i>

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<i>After running that group in my home,</i>

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<i>I decided to bring that idea
to my workplace.</i>

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<i>It had a very big impact on my boys</i>.

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I know an old blind man.
I call him "Vinegar,"

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<i>I found out he lived
in a makeshift sort of house.</i>

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I had this idea of building a house.

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I wanted to discuss that with my boys.

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<i>They got excited, and they voluntarily
put their hand up to help me.</i>

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I believe Jesus is my savior.

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I trust in Him.

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One day He will return,
and I will go with him.

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<i>Every Sabbath, there are
two to three baptisms</i>

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<i>in each church.</i>

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<i>By way of record, this quarter,</i>

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<i>this has been the biggest baptism</i>

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<i>ever taken place
in Central Papuan Conference.</i>

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I am seeing a paradigm shift
in the way we do church.

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<i>Because the churches now are seeing</i>

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<i>that we have to bring the church
to where the community is.</i>

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<i>God uses ordinary people</i>

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<i>to carry out His extraordinary plans.</i>